Mike has focused onreliability throughout his 25-year career, and has observed the position ofreliability in the organization evolve. In this book, he condenses hisexpertise and experience into a volume of immense practical worth to theengineering and engineering management communities including designers,manufacturing engineers and reliability/quality engineers.
Among other things,Mike discusses how reliability fits, or should fit, within the product designcycle. He provides a high-level overview of reliability techniques available toengineers today. He lucidly discusses the design of experiments and the role offailure management. With case studies and narratives from personal experience,Mike discusses optimal ways to utilize different reliability techniques. Hehighlights common errors of judgment, missteps and sub-optimal decisions thatare often made within organizations on the path to total reliability.
With How Reliable is Your Product?Mike Silverman has delivered what fewhave done before--a comprehensive yet succinct overview of the field ofreliability engineering and testing. Engineers and engineering managers willfind much in this book of immediate, practical value.